Rooks Nest House

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Rooks Nest House is a historic country house in Hertfordshire, England, best known as E. M. Forster’s childhood home and the real-life inspiration for the setting of his novel "Howards End."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country house
access not generally open to the public
architecturalStyle vernacular English country house
associatedWith English literature
Forster family NERFINISHED
Howards End (novel) NERFINISHED
childhoodHomeOf E. M. Forster NERFINISHED
country England
culturalSignificance important site in the literary heritage of England
symbolic setting for themes of class and property in Howards End
hasAlternativeName Rooksnest NERFINISHED
Rook’s Nest NERFINISHED
hasCoordinateLocation approximately 51.92°N 0.20°W
hasFeature rural setting
views over the Hertfordshire countryside
hasNearbyFeature fields and farmland
lanes and footpaths described in Howards End
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building
heritageRegister National Heritage List for England entry
surface form: National Heritage List for England
heritageStatus listed building
influenced depiction of the Schlegel family home in Howards End
inspired Howards End NERFINISHED
inUseDuring late 19th century
locatedIn Hertfordshire
Stevenage NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Howards End NERFINISHED
near Stevenage Old Town NERFINISHED
notableFor association with E. M. Forster
being the real-life inspiration for the setting of E. M. Forster’s novel Howards End
ownedBy private owners
region East of England
subjectOf heritage preservation efforts
literary tourism
timePeriodOfSignificance Edwardian era NERFINISHED
early 20th century

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Howards End (house) inspiredBy Rooks Nest House